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GMB Promises To Explore Chad Basin Oil, 2000 Boko Haram Fighters Invade by kemitwarrior: 11:30am On Apr 27, 2015
Barely a week after incoming President
Muhammadu Buhari had told Borno
delegations who paid him a congratulatory
visit last Sunday at his Kaduna residence
that he will restore peace to the region by
according top priority in ending the 6-year
Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast in
addition to resuming the search for oil along
the Lake Chad Basin , over 2,000 Boko Haram
fighters reportedly took over Marte, an oil-
rich border town between Nigeria and
Cameroon in northern part of Borno State on
Thursday, sources said yesterday.
Sitting on the western coast of Lake Chad,
this is the third time insurgents will take over
Marte. They first took it over in 2012 but
were chased out by Nigerian troops shortly
after the declaration of state of emergency in
2013.
The terrorists also took over the town in
2014 during their territorial conquest of
various towns and villages but were again
forced out before the recent elections.
Idriss Deby accused of being behind Boko
Haram
Security sources and residents of Kirenowa,
the major town in Marte, said the insurgents
invaded the town from various locations and
succeeded in dislodging Nigerian troops
stationed in the area.
Abba Yusuf, a resident of Kirenowa told
reporters in Maiduguri that the insurgents
killed unspecified number of people and
destroyed some structures.
“They really wreaked havoc in Kirenowa and
environs this time around when peace was
returning and our people have started coming
back. They killed unsuspecting residents and
destroyed many buildings like the local
government secretariat,” Yusuf said.
Another resident, Mukhtar Ibrahim, said
troops engaged the insurgents throughout
Thursday.
“The fighting continued till early today
(Friday) when the soldiers retreated. The
town has fallen and insurgents are fully in
charge, they are more than 2000 in number,”
Ibrahim said.
He added that some of the insurgents have
advanced towards Monguno, a garrison town
which once fell to the Boko Haram fighters
but was recovered by Nigerian troops.
A security source who asked not to be
named confirmed that large number of Boko
Haram fighters thronged Marte.
The multi-million dollar question now is, is
the Boko Haram war truly about the oil in the
Lake Chad as being opined by some
analysts? If not, why are the insurgents, said
to be in large number, suddenly regrouped
and embarked on territorial conquest barely
few days after the President-electhas
promised the people of the Northeast that he
will rebuild their economy by resuming oil
exploration at the Lake Chad?
Related: NewsRescue-Boko Haram,
Big Oil And The Chad Connection
Marte sits on the western coast of the Lake
Chad, which is believed to have oil in
commercial quantity. Who are those that are
bent on seeing that exploration of oil at the
Lake Chad area remains a NO-GO-ISSUE?
Who are those that have mortgaged the
future of people of the Northeast because of
the interest of oil at the Lake Chad?
KSM News will continue to monitor the
development as it unfolds, while we would at
this juncture PRESS THE RED BUTTON,
calling on our thousands of gallant Civilian
JTF to be on the alert. Your opinion,
Re: GMB Promises To Explore Chad Basin Oil, 2000 Boko Haram Fighters Invade by Jorussia(m): 11:34am On Apr 27, 2015
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Re: GMB Promises To Explore Chad Basin Oil, 2000 Boko Haram Fighters Invade by Nobody: 11:35am On Apr 27, 2015
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Re: GMB Promises To Explore Chad Basin Oil, 2000 Boko Haram Fighters Invade by Nobody: 11:36am On Apr 27, 2015
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